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National Institute on Drug Abuse Center of Excellence Project Team Members

Co-principal investigators

Barbara A. Schindler, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Drexel University College of Medicine
barbara.schindler@drexelmed.edu

Paul N. Lanken, MD
Associate Dean for Professionalism and Humanism
Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
paul.lanken@uphs.upenn.edu

Project Team

Dennis H. Novack, MD
Associate Dean of Medical Education
Professor of Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
dennis.novack@drexel.edu

Charles O'Brien, MD, PhD
Kenneth Appel Professor of Psychiatry
Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania Treatment Research Center
obrien@mail.trc.upenn.edu

Charles Dackis, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Chief, Department of Psychiatry
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
dackis@mail.med.upenn.edu

Founding Team Member

Christof Daetwyler, MD, former associate professor in the Department of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine, and co-founder of EnhancedLearn.net, passed away on December 11, 2020. He was a vital asset in the creation of the center.